of the Reserve. Part of the way along these two spring- 
fed streams the water runs, but in many places it sinks 
and comes to the surface in pools. Some of the pools 
are only a few feet in diameter and a few inches deep. 
Others are from 50 to a 100 feet long and from five to 
seven feet deep. 
This watered stretch is about three miles long, and 
for about a mile and a half of the western part the Park 
line runs through the zigzag course of Cold Brook, 
furnishing an ample supply of permanent water, which 
during dry seasons would water the animals in the 
northern half of the range. 
All of the land off the North Park boundary is pat- 
ented (Map A). Two if not three of these ranches should 
be acquired, and if exorbitant prices are not charged, 
they should all be bought. 
The first choice in the ranch of W. F. McAddam 
at the northwest corner of the Park, on whose land 
half the reservoir which supplies the superintendent 
with water may be located. 
Aside from the 160 acres of fenced land in the center 
of the Reserve, set aside for the use of the Park Super- 
intendent, W. A. Rankin’s ranch of 80 acres is the only 
one now in the Park. This and Charles A. Stable’s ranch 
just east of the junction of Cold Brook and Beaver Creek 
are the three that should be acquired. The buildings on 
these ranches are in good condition and part of the land 
is tilled and fenced. They also contain an abundance 
of water. 
Beaver Creek above and below the junction for 
several hundred yards contained running water from 
which Mr. Stable ran a water ditch about eighteen inches 
wide and five inches deep. 
Rock SEEPAGE POOLS 
(Nos. 10, 14, 15, 16 and 21). The third largest water 
supply, but not as pure as the water just described, 
possibly because of the frequent visits of stock, is that 
of the various pools along Cold Creek Canyon and one 
in Wind Cave Canyon. 
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